Long one sorry:
Specs:
Athlon XP 2400+
Geforce FX5900
A7N8X-Deluxe
1 GB RAM Corsair
2x80GB SATA Seagate Barracuda HDD's
2x80GB ATA 133 HDD's
2x40GB ATA 100 HDD's (Raid 0)
2x20GB ATA 100 HDD's (Raid 0)
Generic IDE raid PCI card (Promise I think)
Sony DRU500A DVD +-RW
550W PSU (Can't remember manufacturer think it was Antec)
My issue is I have just been given an FX 5900 to replace my aging Ti4200 however when I put it in the machine the PC powered down whenever trying to play any 3d games or run any benchmarks.
OK I though... Driver issue... Upgrade drivers to the latest WHQL version and also try 60.82... Same problem.
Next thought Windows has been giving me grief recentlyas I haven't given it it's quarterly reinstall (actually managed to get away with 6 months before reinstalling!!) so I put a spare HDD in and installed a fresh copy of XP yada yada yada so on and so forth... Ran 3DMark03, instantly all the fans stop working and the PC switches off (although it's actually still powered just nothing runs)
Next logical step I'm sure you're all screaming out is PSU!
So I removed all the HDD's except the boot drive and yay benchmarks run and I can play UT2K4. OK just in case it was a glitch I started adding HDD's back in and running the benchmarks, as soon as I added one more drive it switched off again... removed the drive and everything works perfectly.
So my question after all that waffle is does anybody have any power consumption figures for the components of my system (I used to know a website which listed them unfortunately I haven't been able to find it again) or could somebody work it out for me as I don't want to go and waste money on a new PSU that isn't going to be able to cope with the demands I will be putting on it. The only thing I can assume is that my current PSU is unable to supply a decent current on one particular rail.
Sorry for the length, if anybody needs more information just ask.
TIA
Mnementh
Specs:
Athlon XP 2400+
Geforce FX5900
A7N8X-Deluxe
1 GB RAM Corsair
2x80GB SATA Seagate Barracuda HDD's
2x80GB ATA 133 HDD's
2x40GB ATA 100 HDD's (Raid 0)
2x20GB ATA 100 HDD's (Raid 0)
Generic IDE raid PCI card (Promise I think)
Sony DRU500A DVD +-RW
550W PSU (Can't remember manufacturer think it was Antec)
My issue is I have just been given an FX 5900 to replace my aging Ti4200 however when I put it in the machine the PC powered down whenever trying to play any 3d games or run any benchmarks.
OK I though... Driver issue... Upgrade drivers to the latest WHQL version and also try 60.82... Same problem.
Next thought Windows has been giving me grief recentlyas I haven't given it it's quarterly reinstall (actually managed to get away with 6 months before reinstalling!!) so I put a spare HDD in and installed a fresh copy of XP yada yada yada so on and so forth... Ran 3DMark03, instantly all the fans stop working and the PC switches off (although it's actually still powered just nothing runs)
Next logical step I'm sure you're all screaming out is PSU!
So I removed all the HDD's except the boot drive and yay benchmarks run and I can play UT2K4. OK just in case it was a glitch I started adding HDD's back in and running the benchmarks, as soon as I added one more drive it switched off again... removed the drive and everything works perfectly.
So my question after all that waffle is does anybody have any power consumption figures for the components of my system (I used to know a website which listed them unfortunately I haven't been able to find it again) or could somebody work it out for me as I don't want to go and waste money on a new PSU that isn't going to be able to cope with the demands I will be putting on it. The only thing I can assume is that my current PSU is unable to supply a decent current on one particular rail.
Sorry for the length, if anybody needs more information just ask.
TIA
Mnementh